bottom out

phrasal verb

bottomed out; bottoming out; bottoms out

: to reach a lowest or worst point usually before beginning to rise or improve

Real estate prices seem to have bottomed out, and sellers can expect to get higher prices in coming months.

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The Giants, in their 100th season, would bottom out with a franchise-record 10-game losing streak. —

Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025 From there, the rates declined steadily, bottoming out at 16,000 per year in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. —

Tony Plohetski, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Dec. 2024 Citi is expecting Nvidia 's margins to bottom out early next year as its Blackwell platform will take time to fully ramp up. —

Pia Singh, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024 The company’s third-quarter results , reported in mid-November, hinted that its business is bottoming out and poised to inflect positively next year. —

Paulina Likos, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bottom out